K2 Space
Principal Solar Manufacturing Engineer
$175K–$200K
Los Angeles, CA +1 · Principal · Full-time · Posted Apr 28, 2026
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles - Experience
- 10+ years in a high-volume manufacturing, production, or hands-on engineering environment.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, manufacturing, aerospace, materials, or another relevant engineering discipline.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be a “U.S. person” as defined by ITAR or otherwise eligible for a federally issued export control license.
About the job
Defines and leads the manufacturing strategy and technical foundation for K2’s solar hardware, enabling flight-ready production at scale.
What you'll do
- Own solar hardware manufacturing strategy and embed manufacturability in architecture and concept design.
- Maintain manufacturing technical baselines and lead responses to complex manufacturing anomalies and systemic build issues.
- Champion manufacturing technologies and mentor engineers across the Solar Manufacturing Engineering team.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, manufacturing, aerospace, materials, or another relevant engineering discipline.
- 10+ years of experience in a high-volume manufacturing, production, or hands-on engineering environment.
- Recognized technical authority in solar manufacturing and photovoltaic array integration processes.
- Demonstrated architecture-level DFM influence and ownership of manufacturing technical baselines through design overhauls or production transitions.
Nice to have
- Experience scaling solar or high-reliability electromechanical hardware from early development to full-rate production.
- Background in advanced manufacturing automation, space-grade solar arrays, deployment mechanisms, flight power systems, or related reliability and space-environment testing.
Pay
$175,000 – $200,000 USD base salary
Tools
automation, advanced metrology, robotic assembly, vision-guided systems
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